This is probably the hardest part of my web page and my life. I know I was raised with brothers and sisters, but I don't know where they went. One day they all seemed to disappear...and then it was my turn!
I can remember playing on the street (Hayes in Marcus Hook/Chester) with my older brother Elmer "Butchie" Kendus. We alway had several kids playing with us and I may have thought some of these kids were my family or they may have been.
Everytime I meet a dog that I don't know, I remember my life back then. Since I was shorter (still am) than most kids, my brother told me that all big dogs were really horses and encouraged me to sit on their backs (which I did try). Needless to say, I was bitten on my left foot by a collie and a boxer (same foot but different summers). I can remember believing Butchie's every word because he was my older brother and of course, would protect me as our mother told him to do. Butchie did not disappear when the other kids did. Our mother decided to "keep" him because he was older than the other kids. On her deathbed, she made him promise not to help the kids find each.
I believe I had a brother older than Butchie with a different last name (maybe he was Butchie's father's son by a former marriage). He wasn't around too often but I still remember him. I believe he went to live with his maternal grandmother.
I have a strong memory of my sister Agnes Thomas 
. She would be about two years older than me and I think we looked like twins. As I've stated prior, one day she disappeared.
I'm sure I asked my mother where she went and was probably lied to. My understanding is that she was placed with an agency in the Delaware County area and adopted out.
I also had a younger brother (Albert Lewis(?)Thomas). He is about eighteen months younger. I remember feeling very protective of him and wanted no one near him. Again, one day he also disappeared and left no trace!
My younger sister that I knew of at the time was named Rita Mary Thomas. She was born on July 13, 1952. Although we were separated in 1954, we were reunited in 1956 at St. Vincent's Orphanage in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I can remember the nuns telling me that some people wanted to adopt my baby sister (who I did not even know was at the same place because of the number of other kids also there). Since they did not want to separate my sister and me again, we would become a package deal. I don't think my (a)parents were thrilled about this but did it anyway. It meant that they had to lie about their wedding anniversay date which was 1950 and I was born in 1949. They gave my sister a new name immediately (Kathleen Mary Golding).
Upon my brief reunion with my brother Butchie in 1990, I was told that my mother had two more girls. One she named Rita Marie and the youngest Winifred. Other than them being born after 1952, I know nothing about them.
I have sent letters to all my siblings through the Post Office, but to no avail. Since I don't know their Social Security numbers, I keep hitting brick walls.
Well, this is all I can remember at this time, but will continue updating as my memory serves me. I plan on continuing my search for each and everyone of them. With any luck, my brother Butchie will help me out.
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